dc.creatorCione, Alberto Luis
dc.creatorGasparini, Germán Mariano
dc.creatorSoibelzon, Esteban
dc.creatorSoibelzon, Leopoldo Héctor
dc.creatorTonni, Eduardo Pedro
dc.date2015-04-25
dc.date2022-07-05T16:54:08Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-15T05:03:17Z
dc.date.available2023-07-15T05:03:17Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/138929
dc.identifierissn:2191-589X
dc.identifierissn:2191-5903
dc.identifierisbn:978-94-017-9792-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/7471912
dc.descriptionThe Great American Biotic Interchange (GABI) between North and South America is one of the most important events in the history of land mammals. The interchange occurred in several phases during more than nine million years. We here analyze the chronology and dynamics of the GABI, the evolution of some South American mammalian groups through time, and the Quaternary mammalian extinctions. As the GABI was a complex process, we divide it into ProtoGABI and GABI 1 to 4. In our concept, the extinction of the megafauna by the gatherer/hunters that entered South American during the latest Pleistocene is a part of the GABI. The putative scarce frequency of extinct mammals in archeological sites is discussed. The evolutive relevance of the GABI is reflected in that half of the species living in South America had a North American ancestry. A final process, not included in the GABI, is the remarkable alteration of ecosystems by modern man. Presently, the composition and distribution of almost all autochthonous land mammal faunas are changing dramatically. Moreover, frequently they are replaced with domesticated and/or wild exotic species.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format71-96
dc.languageen
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
dc.subjectCiencias Naturales
dc.subjectGreat American Biotic Interchange (GABI)
dc.subjectMammals
dc.subjectBiostratigraphy
dc.subjectPanamá Land Bridge
dc.subjectSouth America
dc.subjectSouth American land Mammal Ages (SALMA)
dc.subjectHistorical geology
dc.titleThe GABI in Southern South America
dc.typeLibro
dc.typeCapitulo de libro


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